Research in Clinical Psychology and Counseling

Research in Clinical Psychology and Counseling

An Investigation into the Role of Psychological Flexibility and Hardiness in Explaining Soldiers’ Psychological Well-Being

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors
ferdowsi of mashhad
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological flexibility and psychological hardiness in Explaining Psychological Well-Being in the soldiers' military service training centers of Semnan air defense force.
Method: The research of cross-correlation. The study population consisted of soldiers' training center in Semnan task of air defense duty martyrs. One hundred sixty-two (162) soldiers were selected by multistage cluster sampling and answered Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI), Ahvaz Hardiness Inventory (AHI) and Reef Scale Psychological Well-Being (RSPWB).
Findings: Results showed there was a significant relationship between psychological flexibility and psychological hardiness with well-being and between psychological flexibility and psychological hardiness is a significant relationship at 0/01 In addition, psychological hardiness can predict 51% of psychological well-being. The results demonstrate that the role of cognitive flexibility in psychological well-being is important.
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